Manager (Contracts)

**Accountabilities include**: - Performance and Relationship Management: Work closely with TransLink passenger transport service providers to implement and successfully deliver performance management regimes. Meet with TransLink passenger transport service providers to monitor, recommend improvements and manage performance matters including resolving disputes and performance issues. Analyse a wide variety of TransLink passenger transport service providers and performance relatedinformation using multiple tools and systems. Negotiation: Engage in successful negotiations and lead multi-discipline negotiation teams in complex negotiations (at regional or cross-business unit level), consulting and engaging with legal, financial and other parties as required.Demonstrates a full understanding of negotiation dynamics and consistently utilises successful negotiating and influencing behaviours. Can present confidently and effectively to peers, suppliers and senior stakeholders. Risk Management: Manage and provide advice of key risks including the development and management of action plans to manage the risk at a contract level for large complex contracts, This includes complex arrangements involving facilitating appropriate input from legal, HSE, technical and commercial specialists and implement appropriate measures to identify risks on an on-going basis.

Ensures appropriate ownership of risk between TransLink and TransLink passenger transport service providers. Contract and legal: Lead the development, review and endorse clear and concise contractual documentation for more complex, medium to high risk contracts and determine and allocate required resources for the management of key contracts within the team. Financial and accounting: Manage, review and provide a meaningful financial appraisal of a supply base/supplier and assessment of risk. Perform financial ratio analysis with an understanding of the Total Cost of Ownership and Whole Life costing techniques. Understands the cost drivers/levers which exist within a market and can make adjustments to optimise specifications and service levels while delivering outcomes. Monitors and manages compliance with Government policy over wide range of issues including signatory authority and delegation levels, financial risk analysis of suppliers before/during contract and financial conflicts of interest. Procurement: Manage, review and prepare professional, well-structured and concise procurement documentation using appropriate language, relevant information, and providing clear instructions.

Demonstrates expert knowledge of supply base analysis, supplier evaluation and selection techniques. Manage the function in ensuring that all supply market engagement activity is of the highest quality and is undertaken using a moral and ethical code consistent with corporate values. - Legislative, Probity and Ethics: Demonstrate a thorough understanding of public procurement probity, ethical processes and lead by example to ensure all codes of practice (for example, ethics, probity, health and safety) are fully understood and consistently applied across the team. Regularly reviews and interprets legislative requirements to ensure procurement/contract management policies and practices comply with the intent of the legislation.

Works actively with public sector policy and legislative stakeholders in the development of frameworks and policies to ensure these reflect best practice. Internal and External Environment: Influence the strategic vision and direction of the procurement/contract management function and support the effective implementation across all areas of the business. Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.